[OpenID] First Production RP starts accepting openID at NIH

[Jonathan Coffman]

That's fantastic news! It's very energizing to see so many agencies  
not only interested in, but actually working on implementing user- 
centric ID solutions.

Jonathan


On Dec 12, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Andrew Arnott wrote:

> Very exciting!  Thanks for keeping us informed, John.
> --
> Andrew Arnott
> "I [may] not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the  
> death your right to say it." - S. G. Tallentyre
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:23 AM, John Bradley <ve7jtb at ve7jtb.com>  
> wrote:
> I have been in DC for the last week, working with Gov agencies to  
> prepare them for Open Identity.
>
> The NIH sponsored a workshop on Thursday where we publicly  
> demonstrated the first production RP connected to the NIH's openID  
> enabled SSO.
>
> The first application is a closed research application.   However  
> people at the conference used there Google and Yahoo openIDs to gain  
> access.
>
> We also demonstrated the openID selectors from MS and Higgins that  
> were shown at IIW.
>
> I met with a number of agencies both inside and outside NIH who were  
> impressed at the real progress we have made.   They are now seeing  
> this is real and not just more talk.    We have another NIH RP of  
> more general interest who are now asking to go live ASAP in the new  
> year.
>
> The NIH SSO is a version of CA SiteMinder modified with Andrew  
> Arnott's DNOA library.   This has been in testing for a number of  
> months and agencies currently using the SSO for SAML and PKI can now  
> elect to add openID and information cards to the credentials they  
> are willing to accept from the SSO.
>
> I want to commend the Board and Don Thibeau the foundations ED,  for  
> putting effort into the ICAM trust framework and making this  
> possible.  I realize there are competing priorities.
>
> I know the pace of progress seems slow from the outside, but for  
> government work this is progressing with blinding speed.
>
> I just want  to let people know there is real progress being made  
> with the US Gov.
>
>
> Regards
> John Bradley
>
>
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